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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1120 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), [03] [Jan] [1941]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258A/133
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Appendix "B" [to CHAR 20/258A/125-131] marked "Secret" setting out figures for the German Air Force: "Long range bombers and bomber reconnaissance only", "Total Operational (All types)", "Transport aircraft", and "Trainer aircraft".

Dates: [03] [Jan] [1941]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), Feb 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/235/7-11
Scope and Contents Notes of the conversation at dinner at Livadia [Crimea, Soviet Union] on 4 February between WSC, President [Franklin Roosevelt] and Marshal Stalin on: the election in Britain following Hitler's defeat, the parliamentary delegation to the Soviet Union, the Atlantic Charter, various toasts, Stalin's nickname "Uncle Joe", the role of the Great Powers in the future peace of the world, German discipline, and Pearl Harbor [United States]. [prepared by the Foreign Office from interpreter Major...
Dates: Feb 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Jul 1945 - 01 Aug 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/236/1
Scope and Contents "Terminal": record of the proceedings of the [Potsdam] Berlin Conference [Germany], 17 July to 1 August, 1945, marked "Top Secret" containing: memoranda, "Minutes of plenary and foreign secretaries' meetings", the "Protocol of the proceedings of the Berlin Conference", the "Report of the Tripartite Conference of Berlin", an appendix of conversations with the representatives of the Polish Provisional Government, and an index. [with later annotations by WSC's literary assistant Denis...
Dates: 17 Jul 1945 - 01 Aug 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), Jul 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/238/5
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Figures showing tonnage of bombs dropped on Germany and German occupied territory by Britain and the United States between April and July 1944. [annotated by Leslie Rowan, Prime Minister's Private Secretary].

Dates: Jul 1944
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), Sep 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/239/1
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Colour map of the Western Front marked "Top Secret" showing an ?estimate of the total number of German divisions.

Dates: Sep 1944
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/14
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Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] agreeing with Montgomery on the need to relax restrictions on troops fraternising with the German people.

Dates: 11 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/19-20
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Telegram from President Harry Truman to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" explaining why he is unable to delay the withdrawal of American troops from the Soviet zone of Germany; and proposing to send a message to Marshal Stalin advocating that this withdrawal begins on June 21 but also emphasising the need for the Soviet Union to settle the matters of the occupation of Berlin [Germany] and Austria.

Dates: 12 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/21
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Telegram from Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] to WSC marked "Top Secret" and "Personal" commenting on conditions in occupied Germany: the agricultural position, the general food situation, coal production, and discharging prisoners of war.

Dates: 11 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/27-28
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Telegram from WSC to President Harry Truman marked "Personal and Top Secret" agreeing to issue instructions [for the withdrawal of troops from the Soviet zone of Germany]; but suggesting altering Truman's proposed message to Marshal Stalin on the matter to advocate that the establishment of the Allied Commission and the withdrawal of Russian troops in Austria take place simultaneously.

Dates: 14 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/32
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Telegram from President Harry Truman to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" giving the text of his revised message to Marshal Stalin on arrangements for the withdrawal of allied and Soviet troops to agreed zones of occupation in Germany and Austria.

Dates: 14 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/36
Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to President Harry Truman marked "Personal and Top Secret" repeating the text of a telegram from him to Marshal Stalin, supporting Truman's message on arrangements for the withdrawal of allied and Soviet troops to agreed zones of occupation in Germany and Austria.

Dates: 15 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [15] [Jun] [1945]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/37
Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin supporting President Harry Truman's message on arrangements for the withdrawal of allied and Soviet troops to agreed zones of occupation in Germany and Austria. [Carbon copy].

Dates: [15] [Jun] [1945]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/216/79
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Telegram from President Harry Truman to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that he has sent a message to Marshal Stalin fully agreeing with WSC's message to Stalin on the procedure for the occupation by the Allied armies of their zones in Germany and Austria.

Dates: 27 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Sep 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/27/54-56
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Villa Cassel, Moerel, Valais, Switzerland) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his wish that George [Cornwallis-West] had a better opinion of the government; financial affairs; correspondence with King [Edward VII] about WSC's [visit to see German army manoeuvres] and the King's instruction that WSC is not to be "too frank with 'his nephew'" [Kaiser Wilhelm II]; a description of his stay with [Ernest] Cassel; his disappointment at losing money at bridge; a legal...
Dates: 01 Sep 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 29 Sep 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/27/60-62
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Siena [Italy]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: discussion of the financial difficulties of George [Cornwallis-West]; comment that his visit to see German army manoeuvres was "instructive"; a list of the places he has visited; his contentment [at the Colonial Office] and his decision to remain there until the Colonial Conference, and to settle issues connected with the Orange River Constitution and Nigerian Railway Stock; his confidence that he will win the...
Dates: 29 Sep 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 04 Aug 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/27/88-91
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Board of Trade, Whitehall Gardens) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: praise for the money she has made by furnishing and selling a house; his success in negotiations over the Coal Strike; the christening of [Diana Churchill, later Diana Bailey and Diana Sandys]; support throughout the country for the [1909] Budget and his opinion that the [House of] Lords will not throw the Budget out; comments on the behaviour of the Peers "threatening to cut down charities...
Dates: 04 Aug 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 21 May 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258B/188
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Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC commenting on a paper comparing German and British intentions for a post-war Europe, particularly in economic matters. [Copy; given running number 302].

Dates: 21 May 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [10] [Jun] [1941]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258B/213-214
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Note [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant to WSC] giving information on the comparative strengths of the British and German Air Forces in terms of aircraft output and losses and across various theatres. [annotated copy].

Dates: [10] [Jun] [1941]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Jun 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258B/215
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Minute from "F.A.L." [F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC attaching a note giving a summary of the main figures accepted by the Air Ministry for comparative strengths of the British and German Air Forces [see CHAR 20/258B/213-214] and setting out what he considers several "doubtful" points. Initialled by WSC on 15 June. [Copy; given running number 314B].

Dates: 10 Jun 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Jun 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258B/232
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Minute [from 1st Lord Cherwell, earlier F A Lindemann, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on disputes over estimates of German air strength, suggesting that the Air Staff figures are generally reliable. [Copy; given running number 325A].

Dates: 28 Jun 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 31 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/220/31
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Telegram from WSC to General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] marked "Personal and Top Secret" sending him the text of a minute appealing for the order to arrest all members of the Reich Food Estate to be cancelled in order to assist German food production in the following year.

Dates: 31 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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(Untitled), 18 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/72-73
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Telegram from Marshal Stalin to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" proposing to postpone the withdrawal of allied and Soviet troops to agreed zones of occupation in Germany and Austria until 1 July; and suggesting they establish the French zones.

Dates: 18 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/74
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Telegram from President Harry Truman to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" repeating the text of a message from him to Marshal Stalin agreeing to begin the movement of allied and Soviet troops to their agreed zones of occupation in Germany and Austria on 1 July.

Dates: 18 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/107-109
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Telegram from President Harry Truman to WSC on increasing French, Belgian, and particularly, German coal production, to prevent mass unrest in western Europe that winter.

Dates: 24 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/220/47
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Telegram from General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] to WSC marked "Personal" assuring him that he is aware of possible difficulties involving the removal of Nazi Party members from the German civil service, but [in response to WSC's particular concern] stating that only top officials in the Reich Food Estate should be affected.

Dates: 01 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open.